[IMC-Video] [IMC-Tech] cloning youtube?

[Ben]

> I would not  put the hardest goriest  bloodiest videos up but  some  
> that  are a bit more introductory in nature and   and would pass  
> moderation.

The video i had censored (as in made unavailable for anyone to watch  
rather than made available to see only if you pass youtubes age  
check) was a video about a bike ride against oil dependence and war,  
hardly the hardest goriest of videos (which I'm sure exist on  
youtube). It's the inconsistency, unaccountability and lack of  
transparency of the platform that makes it unsuitable.

> remember also... the message is the  goal... not the politics of  
> operating systems machine types etc....  they are only hammers as a  
> carpenter would use to build an end product.

I think most people here will disagree. Ever heard of the saying  
'build you world you want to see' or live the change you want to see  
in the world? it's not simply a mater of tools, those tools are as  
much part of the message as the videos we are talking about. when we  
use our tools, free tools, we are promoting a more free world. when  
we use there tools (even when they are free) we are reinforcing their  
world, a corporate world in which the viewers of our videos are being  
sold out for advertising using the 'free' content we provide.

This list is about indymedia video and while support for video within  
the indymedia network is currently in poor shape, that doesn't mean  
that this list and, the people subscribed to this list, should become  
a place for promoting the un free (as in freedom) video platforms  
that have left indymedia in their wake.

ben